Agaricus agharkarii P.N. Singh, S.K. Singh, S. Rana & A.C Lagashetti, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559727; Mycobank number: MB 559727; Facesoffungi number: FoF11794; Figs. 1, 2, 3 Etymology – species named ‘agharkarii’ in the surname of Professor Shankar Puroshattam Agharkar, founder Director of Agharkar Research Institute. Holotype– AMH 10341. Colour code follows – Methuen Handbook [...]
Pleurotheciella hyalospora J. Ma & Y.Z. Lu, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900171; Mycobank number: MB 900171; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13906; Fig. 1 Etymology – “hyalospora” referring to the hyaline conidia. Holotype – GZAAS 22–2018. Saprobic on decaying wood. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies on the substratum superficial, effuse, gregarious, white. Mycelium composed of [...]
Pleurothecium aseptatum J. Ma & Y.Z. Lu, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900172; Mycobank number: MB 900172; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13907; Fig. 1 Etymology – referring to the aseptate conidia. Holotype – GZAAS 22–2019. Saprobic on submerged decaying wood. Sexual morph: undetermined. Asexual morph: Colonies on the substratum superficial, effuse, gregarious, white. Mycelium composed of [...]
Ascoglobospora Abdel-Wahab, gen. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559818; Mycobank number: MB 559818; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12719 Etymology – Named after the globose-shaped asci of the fungus. Saprobic on decaying driftwood. Sexual morph: Ascomata globose to subglobose, erumpent to superficial, membranous, hyaline to light-brown, ostiolate, papillate, surrounded by septate hyphae. Neck hyaline to light-brown in [...]
Ascoglobospora marina Abdel-Wahab, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559819; Mycobank number: MB 559819; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12718; Fig. 1 Etymology – Named after the marine habitat of the fungus. Holotype – CBS H-23855. Saprobic on decaying driftwood. Sexual morph: Hyphae 2–3 μm in diam, light-brown, septate. Ascomata 110–180 μm in diam., globose to subglobose, erumpent [...]
Paracremonium aquaticum M.S. Calabon, E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 559840; Mycobank number: MB 559840; Facesoffungi number: FoF 05445; Fig. 1 Etymology – “aquaticum” in reference to the aquatic habitat. Holotype – MFLU 22-0120. Sexual morph: Undetermined. Asexual morph: Hyphomycetous. Saprobic on submerged decaying wood from a freshwater habitat. Colonies on natural [...]
Akanthomyces xixiuensis X. C. Peng & T. C. Wen, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900124; Mycobank number: MB 900124; Facesofungi number: FoF 13898; Figs. 1, 2 Etymology – xixiuensis (Lat.) referring to the collecting site “Xixiu District”. Holotype – HKAS 125851. Asexual morph: The host is ca. 14 mm long, moth (Lepidoptera). Several synnemata arising [...]
Amphisphaeria guttulata J.Y. Zhang & Y.Z. Lu, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900043; Mycobank number: MB 900043; Facesoffungi number: FoF 13259; Fig. 1 Etymology – refers to the ascospores with guttules. Holotype – MFLU 22-0078. Saprobic on dead branch. Sexual morph: Ascomata 193–268 μm high×104–208 μm in diam. (x = 225×161 μm, n=8), immersed, visible [...]
Usnea Dill. ex Adans. Index Fungorum number: IF 5692; Mycobank number: MB 5692 Notes – The genus Usnea forms a strong supported clade (named “usneoid”) within the phylogeny of Parmeliaceae (Crespo et al. 2007) sister to Cornicularia normoerica (Divakar et al. 2015). Usnea is a fruticose lichen genus easily recognized by its thallus branches with [...]
Usnea kriegeriana A. Gerlach & P. Clerc, sp. nov. Index Fungorum number: IF 900342; Mycobank number: MB 900342; Facesoffungi number: FoF 14476; Fig. 1 Etymology – In honor of the Brazilian Priest Leopoldo Krieger, retired botany teacher of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), who collected many Usnea specimens chiefly in the south [...]